The Java Util Date class represents a specific instant in time, with millisecond precision.
Class declarationFollowing is the declaration for java.util.Date class −
public class Date extends Object implements Serializable, Cloneable, Comparable<Date>Class constructors Sr.No. Constructor & Description 1
Date()
This constructor allocates a Date object and initializes it so that it represents the time at which it was allocated, measured to the nearest millisecond.
2Date(long date)
This constructor allocates a Date object and initializes it to represent the specified number of milliseconds since the standard base time known as "the epoch", namely January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
Class methods Methods inheritedThis class inherits methods from the following classes −
This Java example demonstrates the from() method of Date class to get Date instance of current time.
package com.tutorialspoint; import java.time.Instant; // Import the Date package import java.util.Date; // Main public class public class DateDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a date of current time Date date = Date.from(Instant.now()); // print the date instance System.out.println("Date: " + date.toString()); } }Output
Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −
Date: Mon Apr 01 10:20:08 IST 2024
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